The Dalai Lama Joins Patti Smith on Glastonbury’s Stage to Celebrate his Birthday

There is nothing more cooler that seeing beautiful people joining forces. But apart from cool, seeing Patti Smith and the Dalai Lama together, is also very cute.

Before welcoming him to the stage, Smith read a poem she’d written for the moment:

A small entreaty

Like the peeling of a lotus

Papering the distance

For you underfoot

One lone skin

To lift and fashion

As a cap to cradle

Your bowing head

An ear to hear

The great horn

A slipper to mount

The temple step

One lone skin

Bearing this wish

May your hands be full of nothing

May your toys scatter the sky

Tiny yellow bundles

Bursting like stars

Like smiles

At the laughter of a bell

The footage featured here shows the Dalai Lama walking on stage during Patti Smith’s Glastonbury performance, with the audience cheering and singing Happy Birthday. After blowing the candle, the Dalai Lama cut his cake and gave a blessed kata scarf to Smith.